Food as Medicine
We have to realize what we eat is a major contribution to our health. The food companies will always try and market to us to buy their products. I used to think when I was a kid that I can eat that Twinkie, after all I just saw it on TV, so therefore it can’t be bad for me. The government won’t allow anyone to sell foods that can harm me(us), but I was very, very wrong. Food companies will do anything to sell their sugar cereals to our children, all that packaged, artificial garbage they call food that we consume daily.
So what is the connection between nutrition and health care? Let’s see if food is the culprit for diseases such as cancer, diabetes, obesity etc.. Then we need to take a second look at what we put into our mouths. I know temptation, temptation but we need to be strong and be delivered from the blinking golden-arch (McDonald’s) and the numerous flashy light fast food restaurants that smell sooo good, when we are driving during lunch hour and dinner timer. Be strong and drive past the fast food smelling good restaurants, we can then avoid making fewer trips to the doctor’s office. Let’s start paying attention to how whole foods can deliver us from cancer, diabetes, obesity and many other diseases not mentioned.
So what is whole foods? It can be as simple as steamed broccoli with brown rice and grilled or broiled chicken. Simple, simple it’s not complicated.
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